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PCWorld Says Firefox is Strong, Vista is Weak

Posted by Zonk on from the not-inaccurate dept.

twitter writes "PC World has released their year in review statistics and 2007 was not kind to Microsoft. IE 6 users are equally likely to move to Firefox as they are to IE7 and no one wants Vista. 'How much of an accomplishment is it for a new version of Windows to get to 14 percent usage in 11 months? The logical benchmark is to compare it to the first eleven months of Windows XP, back in 2001 and 2002. In that period, that operating system went from nothing to 36 percent usage on PCWorld.com--more than 250 percent of the usage that Vista has mustered so far.'"

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  1. benchmark? by rainman_bc · · Score: 3, Funny

    ? The logical benchmark is to compare it to the first eleven months of Windows XP, back in 2001 and 2002. I'd say it's probably better to compare to Windows ME than XP...
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    1. Re:benchmark? by andruk · · Score: 5, Funny

      "If Microsoft gets their butts in gear and start listening to their customers..."

      So, you mean, never?

    2. Re:benchmark? by sarixe · · Score: 4, Funny

      my boss has a dell running with a high-end intel core 2 duo (3ghz, i believe), 4gb ram, and ati x1k. it is a cheetah among computers, and vista makes it run like an oversized snail making its way across fields of molasses.

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  2. Naming? by niceone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course a flaming fox is going to be stronger than a view. MS should have thought up a better name than Vista. Something that could beat foxes and fire - how about: Ice weasel?

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    1. Re:Naming? by NotAgent86 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I always thought it was an acronym - Virus Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware

  3. recession by BobZee1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could the United States being in a state of recession have anything to do with Vista's slow growth? Just kidding, I know Vista is TERRIBLE. My karma is bad and I wish it wasn't. I don't want to have bad karma. I am a good person.

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  4. Re:Forecast calls for a 75% chance of hilarity by calebt3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    63.27% of statistics are made up on the spot.